VA Vet Centers : opportunities exist to help better ensure veterans' and servicemembers' readjustment counseling needs are met : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Veterans Health Administration--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Veterans Health Administration.

Veterans--Counseling of--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Services for--United States.

Veterans' families--Services for--United States.

Veterans' families.

Veterans--Counseling of.

Veterans--Services for.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 41 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Centers : opportunities exist to help better ensure veterans' and servicemembers' readjustment counseling needs are met

Opportunities exist to help better ensure veterans' and servicemembers' readjustment counseling needs are met

GAO-22-105039 VA Vet Centers

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2022.

Summary:

Some veterans and servicemembers experience challenges, such as mental illness, when readjusting to civilian life or to continued military service. This can be due to trauma experienced during military service. VHA's Vet Centers provide services to eligible veterans, servicemembers, and their families. This report examines (1) how VHA assesses whether Vet Centers are meeting clients' needs, (2) how Vet Centers assess the effectiveness of their outreach, and (3) barriers to Vet Center care VHA has identified and steps it has taken to address them. GAO is making five recommendations, including that VHA (1) develop a process to assess the extent that Vet Centers are meeting the needs of clients collectively; (2) provide Vet Centers guidance to assess the effectiveness of their outreach; and (3) develop a process to assess the extent of barriers to obtaining Vet Center care.

Contents:

Background

VHA assesses whether Vet Centers are meeting the readjustment counseling needs of clients individually not collectively

Vet Centers develop outreach plans but lack data to better tailor outreach activities and guidance to assess their effectiveness

VHA has identified and taken some steps to address barriers to vet center care, but does not know the extent to which these barriers remain

Conclusions

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments and our evaluation

Appendices.

Notes:

"May 2022."

"GAO-22-105039."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 19, 2022).

OCLC:

1319040329